CO H 22nd Iowa Infantry
Union
Civil War


Obituary: The Times no. 41 July 30, 1919, page 8 City: Sundance

Death of Jacob Davis

"Jacob Davis, four-year veteran of the Civil War and for many years a resident of Crook County, died at Hot Springs, S.D., July 19 at the age of 78 years, and was buried at Upton July 22, according to the Upton Gazette. He is survived by one son, Wm. E. Davis, one daughter, Mrs. Amos Cook, and five grandchildren. He was a native of Ohio and in 1869 he married Miss Lizzie E. Richardson and was the father of six children, the death of four of these preceding his passing. He was well known in Sundance and by everyone in the Kara mountain neighborhood, where he owned a ranch and resided for years."

children:

1. James Horace Davis ("Big Jim")
birth: January 1870 Eagleville, Harrison County, Missouri
death: June 4, 1919 Upton, Weston County, Wyoming
burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Upton, Weston County, Wyoming

2. William E. Davis ("Will")
birth: August 1874 Iowa
death: February 12, 1953 Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington
burial: Old Sunnyside Cemetery, Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington

3. Jessie M. Davis Treat Stevens
birth: December 13, 1878 Eagleville, Harrison County, Missouri
death: January 24, 1916 Upton, Weston County, Wyoming
burial: Inyan Kara Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming

4. Cecil Nevill Davis
birth: December 9, 1886 Rock Falls, Phelps County, Nebraska
death: February 13, 1916 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Inyan Kara Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County,Wyoming

5. Flossie Davis
birth: February 1894 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: date and place unknown
burial: unknown

6. Mary Verbal Davis Cook Culbertson
birth: February 1896 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: February 24, 1949 Prosser, Benton County, Washington
burial: Old Sunnyside Cemetery, Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington.